Lime Wife's 67

[Hubscrub]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

so your gonna paint the engine green and put her in then what

hopefully drive for a while i want to take the bed off and work on that end of the frame, and also clean up the a-frames and such when i get the motor back in, i assembled the front suspenison on my truck with a bare frame and it was a pain with no weight on the frame getting the springs to compress enough to get the nuts on the ball joints

[Hubscrub]

working on some more parts, gotta order the bottom of the battery tray and got to clean and paint the sides of the orginal one, working on the grill area, and painted the filler panel it has some pitting and such but it will be ok not building a show truck, just a nice cruiser got pics of the underhood painted

[oldblue1968chevy]

hey hub what kinda paint ya using and how ya prep it all that looks nice

[Hubscrub]

i use rustoleum on everything primer and color, i just sand it and get all the dust dirt off, and i use a wire wheel alot

[oldblue1968chevy]

rustoeum semi gloss? and just cheap primer

[Hubscrub]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

rustoeum semi gloss? and just cheap primer

yes rustoluem semi gloss and the rustoluem primer, they have like 4 different styles of primer some in quarts some in spray cans, i have used them all

[Hubscrub]

tore the rest of the engine down today, she looks good, the crank might need a small amount of work, and the head was cracked on the #5 cylinder and water got in it and bent the rod some, and she is bored 80 over, execpt the rod bent everything else is nice sorry for the cell pics i have been going straight from work to dads but i will carry my camera tomm. as i might take a trip to the machine shop

[oldblue1968chevy]

hey hub, Ive HEARD that .060 is pushing it....080 over seems like alot, your not boring it AGAIN are you (can you get pistons that big).

You need to build a hot lil motor for the wife!

[Charles Hettich]

most women cant tell the difference between a hot motor and a mild motor

but i like the looks of the pickup

[oldblue1968chevy]

lol she will when she drives it, i cant wait to see it done

heck i cant tell diff. between 305 350 or a souped up one from a junker (just lookin)

[Hubscrub]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

hey hub, Ive HEARD that .060 is pushing it....080 over seems like alot, your not boring it AGAIN are you (can you get pistons that big).

You need to build a hot lil motor for the wife!

no it don't need to be bored any the cyl walls are nice very little wear on them some people don't like even 60 over my 71 is 60 over and no problems yet but i have never messed with a 80 over i will talk to my machine shop tomm and he should know all about what i should do ( i do have a 305 layin around i could use she said she don't care. she don't hot rod so to speak but she does drive fast

[oldblue1968chevy]

well then she dont need no stinkin' 305!!!!

[Hubscrub]

i like the 305 as much as a 350 to be honest my 305ho in my 86 monte carlo ss has been a super motor, and would run, but it has almost 190,000 on it now and gettng tired but don't use 1 ounce of oil between changes and i have never had the valve covers off since i had it just put a new intake gasket and rebuilt the carb, i bought it with 86 or 89,000 on it and gets sweet gas mileage

[Hubscrub]

got the block and crank to the machine shop should have it friday, don't look like much work will need to be done to it hopefully and got some better pics

[oldblue1968chevy]

whatcha gonna have done?

[Hubscrub]

i told them to clean and check the block, freeze plugs, and polish the crank should be all

[oldblue1968chevy]

gonna put new bearings in too?

[Hubscrub]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

gonna put new bearings in too?

yea, i will, just hope all the stuff turns out ok lol

[ATT]

Hey hub, Who's going to have the better truck when you get done with both of them. You or your wife? Lol!! You have got some great projects going on.

[oldblue1968chevy]

^lol funny post.

[Hubscrub]

Originally Posted by ATT

Hey hub, Who's going to have the better truck when you get done with both of them. You or your wife? Lol!! You have got some great projects going on.

thanks, her more than likely ha ha i am doing the most work on them though and i seem to take a liitle more pride in the work when i work on hers (thats why i such a good husband) thinking to myself

[Hubscrub]

well alittle set back on the motor the cyl. that got the water and bent the rod will need a sleeve put in it but after talking with my dad and the machine shop i am gonna do it that is all the motor needs, and i already have good pistons and all for it so this is still the cheapest way out

[Hubscrub]

i think i will start looking at the crate motor route for some of my future projects i have the stupidest luck here lately

[oldblue1968chevy]

ha you lookin' for one to rebuild or what? I think your better off $ wise to buy a crate motor. I think they even have warrantees...

[Newtz67]

I am subscribed to this thread! Lovin the truck and that it is for the wife and all the other stuff! Your probably right with the sleeve being your cheapest way out, hopefully it doesn't overheat easily, which may have caused the cracked head in the first place. You can go to pick-n-pull and yank a motor for around $150, but that's like gambling, you never know what your gonna get. I still wanna try it sometime. Haha.